truman
he came in after fdr died few monbth before war ended
he was relected 1948 he ran agioanst thomas dewey
first nationaly one of tv
everyone said dewey was going to win
he was raping up the manahaton project
fair deal same type of stuff
supported civil rights black rights
segergation
formed a party called the dixie crats
desegrergated the millitary
two term president passed the amendmet that made it u could only be elected twice
deciecd to use the bomb agaisnt japan
he told we have a wepon tha twill deystroy u surrender now
he took all the bad rep the buck stops here
helped make the unidted nation
took a hard line stance against communism and the coviet union policy of containment
created the ciz and the NAtional Security Council
the fair deal aimed to preomote ecinimuc ddevelopement and social welfare
most fair deal propsals did not get passed
faced alot of oppositoion frim southern democarets and rebulicans
civli rights
houising
social security
minimum wage
health
labor
education
agriculture
recongisezed israel and jewish homeplace
got involed in vietnam by giving aid to france
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